Sean, Serene, and I went on a series of hikes this weekend to the Snohomish/Granite Falls area: Lime Kiln and Old Robe Canyon. The former roughly followed an old railway grade, whereas the latter closely traced the ruins of a railway abandoned in the early 1930s as the owners finally gave up trying to maintain it. For you […]
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Read more →Admittedly, Copenhagen was the city that I wasn’t expecting to spend much time in: I was advocating another day in Stockholm and just kind of briefly touching Copenhagen before heading off for home. Thankfully I was overruled. As previously mentioned, we took the train to Copenhagen and arrived at central station at 7:30am. On a Saturday. Our first order […]
Read more →Copenhagen, Denmark. 07:00, after a restful 8 hours in a train. Everyone look happy, we’re here! I SAID LOOK HAPPY What they were really feeling. This is where I should mention I’m still amazingly full of energy and am practically jumping up and down out of joy.
Read more →Continuing the trend of taking transportation+ accommodation trips, Brian and I took it upon ourselves to find and book the train from Stockholm->Copenhagen that was an overnight trip. Rick Steves claimed it existed, but we weren’t so sure. This train seemed to be some mystical creation that didn’t actually exist on any site. After fighting the Swedish […]
Read more →I had high expectations for Stockholm. Despite being at most 1/8th Swedish, it was a country I always identified with due to our still having family roots back “home” and a strong agreement with their culture and politics. Clearly Stockholm is a utopia for all that is good and right in the world, and I would be immediately be swept […]
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